S Dear friends I am going to do that lint which the time dead ded oft oC promised he lie would do for Cor me The lo e loved an and loving brother husband father friend died led where manhood's morning almost touches noon and anti while the lie sha shadows I still were weme falling toward the west He le had not passed on lifes life's l highway the time stone that marks the highest highet point but being weary wery for a n moment mo mo- ment he lay down by the lie waysl wayside e and using his burden lot for a pillow fell Cel into that hint dreamless sh sleep sheep t l that thai kisses ilses down cown his eyelids still While yet et In love with wih life lre and amI I with wih the world vomit he lie passed to lo silence and anh pathetic dust dust Yet after al all It I may be best just justin t in Iii the time happiest sunniest hour of or all at al I the voyage while eager winds R nr an are kissing every evemy sail si to dash against the unseen rock an and In an arm Instant hearth hear r th the billows roar above a sunken ship Pot For whether in sea mid or am mong tho thit breakers of time the farther falther shore a wreck at last must mark the time end ond of each och and anti ul And nd every life no matter If Its Is evel every hour Is rich with love lov and I every moment jeweled with wih a joy will at its close become wi is a tragedy as S1 sad and deep and ant dark dalk as can b be woven of the Wap warp and anti woof of or mystery mystery mys mys- tery tory and death This brave and lender tender ten len der man maim In iii ever every storm of life was am oak oat and anti rock but in the tIme sunshine he lie was vine and anti flower Cower He lie le was wa time tho friend of all al heroic souls souls Me He climbed the heights height and anti andler I left ler all al superstition far below while on his hits forehead fell fail Cel the tIme golden dawning dawning dawn dawn- ing lug of the time grander day He lIe le loved love the thit beautiful and was sas with color form I and amid music to teas tears He lie le sided with wih time the weak weale an and with wih a willing hand hund gave ave alms alnis alms With lh loyal heart hearl and amid ant with wih the time purest hands he lie faithfully faith faith- fully discharged all al public trusts He lie Ie was a worshiper of liberty a friend of the oppressed A thousand times I have ha e heard herd him quote the these c words For Fol Justice all al place a temple an and amid andall all ul season summer He lie believed that thai happiness was as time the only good reason the only torch justice justie jus jus- Ice tice tie the lie only wor worship humanity th time the only religion and anti love the time only priest He lie le added to lo the time sum of human joy and amid were ere er e every evemy one to whom he Iw did dida ill illa a vice service It to bring bling a blossom blosom to his grave he lie would sleep tonight beneath a wl wilderness o of flowers owel's Life LICe is a narrow vale between et time the cold and anti barren peaks of or two 1 0 ties We 0 strive In 11 vain to lo look hook b beyond OHl the heights heights' Ve We cry aloud and amid all time the only answer in the tl echo of our wailIng wail wail- wai- wai In lug Ing cr cry From the voiceless s lips orthe of or the time dead there thero conies comes come no word but in the night of death hope sees a star slam and antI listening love can cun hear hearth th time the rustle ruste of a wing He lIe le who sleeps here when dying nii time the approach of death for fOI em the return of health whispered wih the latest breath I Iam 1 am am better beleI now Let let us believe In spite spie of doubts an and amid dogmas of fears and anti tears teams that hint these dear clear words are arc tru true of all al the lie countless countes dead And Anti now imon to you OU who have been chosen from flom amon among the time many men he lie loved to do the last sad all office for om time the tw dead ead we give his imis sacred dust Speech contain dust cannot our om love There was as there thele Is no gentler genter strong strong- manlier ci 01 er man Robert Hobert G. G Ingersol Ingersoll